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The United States Bowling Congress has added Bill Monce

8/25/2008

The United States Bowling Congress has added Bill Monce to its most elite group of professional coaches, certifying him as a USBC Gold level coach. Monce, a coaching specialist for the USBC Coaching program in Greendale, Wis., and former collegiate bowler, becomes just...

United States Bowling Congress coach, instructor and international ambassador

8/25/2008

United States Bowling Congress coach, instructor and international ambassador Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno concluded the final part of his second tri-level USBC coaching seminar for 2008 by certifying 15 coaches in Singapore. The Silver conference was held Aug. 17-19 at the Singapore...

Congress is in its summer recess, leaving many issues unresolved

8/25/2008
Congress is in its summer recess, leaving many issues unresolved. THE CREDIT CARD FAIR FEE ACT, which would allow merchants to negotiate credit card interchange fees with card companies and banks, recently passed the House Judiciary Committee, but progress has stalled as a busy floor schedule...

Exempt bowler, Chad Kloss, has signed on as a member of the Track

8/25/2008
Exempt bowler, Chad Kloss, has signed on as a member of the Track Tour staff. Kloss joins two-year Track staff member, Mitch Beasley, for the 2008-09 season which begins at the World Championships, October 19-26.

The victory was sweet for Wes Malott August 18th winning his 11th PBA Regional Tournament

8/25/2008
The victory was sweet for Wes Malott August 18th winning his 11th PBA Regional Tournament and his first win since switching to Roto Grip earlier this year. Malott won the Southwest Region Killeen Open with a 7-1 match play record. Making his way to the top, Malott used the new...

Correction to the August Issue of Merchandising Trends

8/25/2008
Correction to the August Issue of Merchandising Trends: Under the IBPSIA Purchasing Club Spotlight, the calculation of estimated annual savings for the EMPS CREDIT CARD PROCESSING program should read 100 $10 tickets and not 10 $10 tickets.

Check out PBA Sponsor

8/25/2008
Check out PBA Sponsor Denny's Breakfast club: http://www.fishbowl.com/clt/dnny/lp/join/join.asp...

IBPSIA HANDS-ON- TRAINING (HOTS) PROGRAM

8/25/2008
IBPSIA HANDS-ON- TRAINING (HOTS) PROGRAM being offered in Chesterfield, MI sponsored by Turbo 2-N-1 Grips September 16-19th still has space available. Also, look for International HOTS in the United Kingdom September 8-11th at a location near Heathrow Airport in London and in Made,...

With low scores as the theme Sunday, Team USA's two squads find themselves

8/25/2008
With low scores as the theme Sunday, Team USA's two squads find themselves in the top 10 halfway through preliminaries of the trios event at the 2008 World Tenpin Bowling Association Men's World Championships. Walter Ray Williams Jr. of Ocala, Fla., Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, and Tommy...

Storm Products and Roto Grip announce the GRAND PRIZE WINNER

8/25/2008
Storm Products and Roto Grip announce the GRAND PRIZE WINNER of their drawing from the 2008 USBC tournament in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In all over 2,000 entries were received. The winner of the drawing will receive a FREE entry into the 2009 USBC tournament held...

IBPSIA HANDS-ON- TRAINING (HOTS) PROGRAM being offered in Chesterfield, MI

8/19/2008
IBPSIA HANDS-ON- TRAINING (HOTS) PROGRAM being offered in Chesterfield, MI sponsored by Turbo 2-N-1 Grips September 16-19th still has space available. Also, look for International HOTS in the United Kingdom September 8-11th at a location near Heathrow Airport in London and in Made,...

CBS Early Show has agreed to book an 8 am Eastern show segment

8/19/2008
CBS Early Show has agreed to book an 8 am Eastern show segment on Monday, Aug. 25th featuring the growth of bowling, National Bowling Week and the world record attempt. Lynda Barnes and Sean Rash (the Clash finalists which is a story in itself) will appear live-on air on a...

The made for TV "Clash of Champions" bowling event will return to CBS Network

8/19/2008
The made for TV "Clash of Champions" bowling event will return to CBS Network Television airing May 9th, 2009. United States Bowling Congress Vice- President of Marketing Pete Tredwell announced "Bowling's back on network TV" as the '09 Clash will air as a single two hour...

Kerry Wood, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs baseball team hosted...

8/19/2008
Kerry Wood, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs baseball team hosted his annual fundraiser in Chicago on August 4, 2008 to benefit The Organic School Project at the 10 Pin Bowling Lounge. Ontheballbowling.com, LLC staff was on hand to fit and drill Wood with the first celebrity personalized...

Throughout the Olympics, ESPN.com's Page 2 writers will argue the merits

8/19/2008
Throughout the Olympics, ESPN.com's Page 2 writers will argue the merits of including various sports in the Games. ESPN.com's Page 2 writer Paul Lukas pens: To qualify as an Olympic sport, an activity must be "widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries and on four continents, and by women...